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WorksheetsCrash Course US History #40- The 1960s
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
What type of protest took place in Greensboro, North Carolina during the 1960s?
Bus boycotts
Marches
Race riots
Sit-ins
Where was Martin Luther King jailed in the 1960s? (He wrote a famous letter from this jail)
Birmingham
Mobile
Atlanta
Selma
Who became president after John F. Kennedy's assassination?
Nixon
Johnson
Carter
Ford
What was the name given to Lyndon Johnson's domestic initiatives that took place from 1965-1967?
Civil Rights Road
The Second New Deal
The Great Society
CORE
In what area of the US were the most violent race riots held?
Watts
Atlanta
Chicago
San Francisco
Who was the African American leader of the Nation of Islam and the Black Panther movement who was killed in 1965?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcom X
Lee Harvey Oswald
Barry Goldwater
Vietnam galvanized students. What does galvanize mean?
build conservative beliefs
cause apathy
spur into action
cause to become isolated
Who wrote the mystery document? (Hint: From her book "Silent Spring")
Rosa Parks
Janis Joplin
Lady Bird Johnson
Rachel Carson
What name was given to the US Supreme Court that made many changes in the 1960s?
Kennedy Court
Jay Court
Madison Court
Warren Court
One of the most controversial Supreme Court decisions made in the 1960s legalized abortions. What was the name of this court case?
Roe vs. Wade
Baker vs Carr
Miranda vs. Arizona
Engel vs. Vitale
